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�IA.X�23��TIV� DESCRIPTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR SETBACK VARIANCE 1828 NORTB DALE COURT JULY 13,2006 Cl�a1��s and Suzanne 'L�ielecztzi are seeking a setback variance regarding the single fa��7i1y home lot located at 1828 North �aTe Court. The Weleczltis formerly lived at 1822 North Dale �ot�t�C innnediately adjacent to t�e south of f��e stizbTeet� lot for over 30 years. After raising nine children, they retired last year and due to health concerns (Mrs. Weiecz��.i, has been battling cplo�� and lung cancer and Mr. Weleczki has severe diabetes), they movefl to an apartment complex on Victoria Street in 2005. Tn order to facilitate selling their homestead. the Weleczkis applied for and received a tnil�QZ� subdivision approval in 2005 whereby the subject lot at 1828 North Dale Court was split �'xoz� the original homestead at 1822 North Dale Court. The Weleczltis Cl�e�a sold their homestead and moved to their apartment in late summer 2005. The Weleczltis have had the subject �pt listed with a real estate company since the n1i��p�• subdivision was app�c�ved ;;_ 2005. They have had ��t►x��e�ous interested parties and not acss than six (6) purchase agreements have been submitted by potential buyers. U�Zfortuilatet�r, due to the unique triangular shape of �l�.e subject lot, the buyers have had a difficulty in developing practical plans for a home design that can be built on tk�e site without the need for setback variances. This has resulted in all purchase agreements being cancelled or rescinded. To date, the Weleczltis have been unable to sell the lot due to these practical da��cti�I�ies in �t�aEci��g a design plan for a ho��e without setback variances. The potential lot buyers have indicated that the cuz�'e��t unique shape of the lot imposes practical difficulties on the lxot��e design such that a typical standard l�v��ie design plan will not v�rp�'�c. Potential buyers are unable to d�si�z�. hallways and rooms o1� the unique triangular site such that the i�ev+r home would be practically �.iseab�e. The Weleczkis are not ��.qz��e builders or real estate developers and to date they have merely sought to sell tl�e lot to sp��eane who can make good use of it. However, they have now concluded t�aa� ira order to sell the lot and in order to overcome the practical difficulties of nZeetir�� all set back requirements on the unique triangular shaped lot, the best option is to seek a setback variance so that a home t�trit�a. a traditional design plan and layout �t�ay be constructed on the lot. A boundary survey showing the �ii��e��siat�s of the lot as split was submitted in 2005 in conjunction with the minor subdivision application. Attached to the application is a schematic of a possible footprint of a single family lio.t�� structure for the new lot. While it would be physically possible to construct a very €ii�ic��iely designed single ia��zily home on a building pad on the su�ject lot that would meet all set bac�� requirements, the attached schematic sl�o��s a plan for a z�ore traditioual single fa��ily %ot��e design that would require only ��ai��or relaxation o� set back requirements on the East and West sides o�F the lot and in whick� standard 3'aoz�� sizes, hallways and entrances could be built.